CAS-004 Security Operations Practice Question
A security analyst is reviewing CVSS scores for vulnerabilities in the environment. A vulnerability has a base score of 9.0, but the organization has a compensating control that reduces the likelihood of exploitation. The analyst adjusts the score to 6.0 for prioritization. Which CVSS metric group did the analyst modify?
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Environmental
The environmental score allows customization based on the organization's environment, including compensating controls.
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Base
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Base is the intrinsic score.
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Vector
Why it's wrong here
Vector is the string representation of the score.
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Environmental
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Environmental metrics adjust for local controls and asset criticality.
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Temporal
Why it's wrong here
Temporal accounts for factors like patch availability.
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